Appendix D: Dual Boot Block
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Appendix D
Dual Boot Block
D-1 Introduction
This motherboard supports the Dual Boot Block feature, which is the last-
ditch mechanism to recover the BIOS boot block. This section provides
an introduction to the feature.
BIOS Boot Block
A BIOS boot block is the minimum BIOS loader required to enable nec-
essary hardware components for the BIOS crisis recovery ash that will
update the main BIOS block. An on-call BIOS boot-block corruption may
occur due to a software tool issue (see image below) or an unexpected
power outage during BIOS updates.
BIOS Boot Block Corruption Occurrence
When a BIOS boot block is corrupted due to an unexpected power out-
age or a software tool malfunctioning during BIOS updates, you can still
reboot the system by activating switch JBR1 on the motherboard. When
JBR1 is activated, the system will boot from a backup boot block pre-
loaded in the BIOS by the manufacturer.
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Reading flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . done
-- ME Data Size checking . ok
-- FFS checksums . . . . . . . . ok
Erasing Boot Block . . . . . . . . . . . done
__Updating Boot Block . . . . . . . . 0x00A91000 (13%)
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